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    How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
    April 15, 2016
    In his first 2016 podcast, Bill Moyers sits down with author Rick Shenkman to talk about the brain of the American voter, and what is firing its synapses during this extraordinary primary season.
  • Money & Politics
    The Few, The Proud: Republicans at Democracy Spring
    April 15, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    Republicans talk about their decision to join the Democracy Spring protests in Washington this week.
  • Inequality
    Ted Cruz's Advisers Are Behind North Carolina's Anti-Gay Law
    April 14, 2016
    | Hannah Levintova
    A preacher and two real estate entrepreneurs offer a glimpse of how far the candidate could go in rolling back LGBT protections.
  • Activism
    Why Money in Politics Is on the Civil Rights Agenda
    April 13, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    NAACP President Cornell William Brooks discusses the connection between voting rights and campaign finance reform.
  • Inequality
    A Note From Bill Moyers — Why The Boss Won't Play NC
    April 8, 2016
    Bruce Springsteen announced that he will be canceling his concert in the state because "some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry...is one of them."
  • Economy & Work
    America's New Working Class Demands Respect
    April 5, 2016
    | Tamara Draut
    In a new book, Tamara Draut tells the story of a new generation of workers that must flex its muscles and insist on being heard.
  • Society
    Maybe It's Not the Economy, Stupid
    April 2, 2016
    | Bill Bishop
    The author of The Big Sort thinks there's more than financial angst behind today's politics.
  • Activism
    What Happens When We Make All Kids 'Our Kids'
    April 1, 2016
    | Elaine Weiss
    A unique new partnership between local leaders and teachers strengthened a community and its school system, even after it was devastated by one of the worst tornadoes in US history.
  • Inequality
    How Dems Created a "Liberalism of the Rich"
    March 29, 2016
    | Thomas Frank
    In this excerpt from his new book, Frank writes about the Democrats' new innovation in liberalism -- which isn’t the stuff of Franklin Roosevelt or the United Auto Workers.
  • War & Peace
    The Military is America’s 51st and Most Powerful State
    March 24, 2016
    | William J. Astore
    With the end of the draft came the end of America's citizen-soldier tradition. The new, all-volunteer military is far more powerful, far less accountable and far more dangerous.


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